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Nine Thousand Miles
On A Pullman Train
AN ACCOUNT
OF A
Tour of Railroad Conductors
From Philadelphia
TO THE
Pacific Coast and Return
By M. M. SHAW
Philadelphia
Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers and Publishers
Nos. 1211-13 Clover Street
1898
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1898,
BY M. M. SHAW,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
TO THE TRUE AND LOYAL WOMEN
OF OUR PARTY,
THE BELOVED AND CHERISHED COMPANIONS
OF OUR HEARTHS AND HOMES,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
| M. M. Shaw | [Frontispiece.] |
| George W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad | Face page [6] |
| Broad Street Station, Philadelphia | “[12] |
| A Pullman Dining Car | “[16] |
| C. E. Wyman, Chairman of the Committee | “[18] |
| A Pullman Sleeping Car | “[22] |
| Sang Hollow on the Conemaugh, Pennsylvania Railroad | “[28] |
| At Effingham, Illinois | “[34] |
| Leaving Longview Junction, Texas | “[34] |
| At Fort Worth, Texas | “[36] |
| O. H. Bacon, Conductor Texas and Pacific Railway | “[38] |
| A Group at Van Horn, Texas | “[40] |
| Tom McDonald and Fred Beach | “[40] |
| Myrtle Taylor on a Bronco | “[42] |
| Residence of Jacob Hand, Sierra Blanca, Texas | “[42] |
| Flooded District, Alfalfa, Texas | “[52] |
| Wrecked by Train Robbers on Southern Pacific Railway | “[52] |
| William J. Maxwell, of the Committee | “[56] |
| Col. Si Ryan | “[60] |
| Arizona Landscape | “[66] |
| “Yuma Bill,” Indian Chief at Yuma, over 100 years old | “[66] |
| The California Poppy | “[68] |
| A Cluster of Navel Oranges, California | “[72] |
| Winter in Southern California | “[74] |
| Brookside Avenue, Redlands, California | “[76] |
| San Gabriel Mission, California | “[78] |
| Giant Palms on the road to San Gabriel | “[78] |
| An Avenue in Pasadena, California | “[80] |
| Great Cable Incline, Mt. Lowe Railway | “[82] |
| Echo Mountain House and Car on the 48 Per Cent. Grade, Mt. Lowe Railway | “[84] |
| Mt. Lowe Railway, California | “[86] |
| Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway, California | “[88] |
| Ye Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe, California | “[90] |
| T. S. C. Lowe | “[92] |
| George W. Brown, of the Committee | “[98] |
| New Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal. | “[102] |
| Parapet, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal. | “[104] |
| John H. Reagan, of the Committee | “[112] |
| Hercules’ Pillars, Columbia River, Oregon | “[120] |
| The Columbia River | “[124] |
| J. P. O’Brien, Superintendent Rail Lines, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | “[126] |
| Mt. Adams, Washington | “[128] |
| Mt. St. Helens, from Portland, Oregon | “[128] |
| Multnomah Falls, Oregon | “[130] |
| Along the Columbia River | “[132] |
| C Street, Tacoma, Washington | “[134] |
| Bridge, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington | “[134] |
| Latourelle Falls, Oregon | “[136] |
| The Hobo Passenger | “[138] |
| Crossing Columbia River on the “Tacoma” | “[138] |
| Elevator A, Tacoma, Washington | “[140] |
| Shore of Lake Pend d’Oreille at Hope, Idaho | “[140] |
| Spokane Falls, Spokane, Washington | “[142] |
| Spokane, Washington | “[142] |
| W. B. Hale, Conductor Northern Pacific Railway | “[144] |
| “Dan,” Salt Lake City Railroad Station, Utah | “[154] |
| Grave of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah | “[154] |
| The Mormon Temple and Square, Salt Lake City, Utah | “[160] |
| Chas. E. Hooper, of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | “[166] |
| Bathing Pool at Glenwood Springs, Colorado | “[168] |
| In the Pool at Glenwood Springs | “[168] |
| Waiter W. Terry, of the Committee | “[174] |
| Colonel and Mrs. Mitchell at Marshall Pass | “[178] |
| The “Committee” at Marshall Pass | “[178] |
| The Royal Gorge and the Hanging Bridge, Grand Cañon of the Arkansas | “[182] |
| Ascent of Pike’s Peak by Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railroad (cog wheel) | “[184] |
| Gateway to the Garden of the Gods, Colorado; Pike’s Peak in the Distance | “[186] |
| On Pike’s Peak—Altitude, 14,147 feet | “[188] |
| Bride and Groom at Balance Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado | “[190] |
| Manitou Springs, Colorado | “[192] |
| Bachelors and Burros in the Garden of the Gods | “[196] |
| “Who are we? Who are we? P. P. C.! Cooks, Waiters, and Porters of the O. R. C.!” | “[202] |
| The “232.” McCook, Nebraska | “[202] |